- Find Largent80's bookie, because I bet he could have got like +2000 odds on the Ravens to cover.

ImTheScientist wrote:This guy is the closest thing to beast mode we will ever see. You got a glimpse of that yesterday. He was instantly my favorite player when they signed him. Give the dude a chance and don't overreact or overthink preseason. Go Hawks. Lacy will rush for 1,100 and 10TDs. Bend the knee.

NFL Gambling Policy • NFL players and coaches cannot take bribes to throw or fix a game. Playing or coaching at less than the very best and being paid to do so is against the law and a major violation of NFL policy. • Any attempts to bribe a player or coach, or knowledge of attempted bribes, must be reported immediately. • League employees (players, coaches, and staff) are prohibited from betting on any NFL game. • Associating with gamblers or gambling activity is against NFL policy. • Endorsing or promoting gambling, even if the gambling is legal, is against NFL policy. This includes cruise or casino appearances

15. INTEGRITY OF GAME. Player recognizes the detriment to the League and pro-fessional football that would result from impairment of public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of NFL games or the integrity and good character of NFL players. Player therefore acknowledges his awareness that if he accepts a bribe or agrees to throw or fix an NFL game; fails to promptly report a bribe offer or an attempt to throw or fix an NFL game; bets on an NFL game; knowingly associates with gamblers or gambling activity; uses or provides other players with stimulants or other drugs for the purpose of attempting to enhance on-field performance; or is guilty of any other form of conduct reasonably judged by the League Commissioner to be detrimental to the League or pro-fessional football, the Commissioner will have the right, but only after giving Player the opportunity for a hearing at which he may be represented by counsel of his choice, to fine Player in a reasonable amount; to suspend Player for a period certain or indefinitely; and/or to terminate this contract.

“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”

Is it possible that Sherm is stupid enough to believe he can break serious NFL rules, snitch on himself on twitter about it and still get away with it? Sure. I'll go ahead and give him the benefit of the doubt though.

Just reading through that little section of the CBA, one could easily assume that gambling in any form is prohibited by the NFL, but everyone knows it happens and you don't hear of people being suspended for it. Players travel to Vegas all the time.

Perhaps this was written in such a way as to cover more than the NFL actually means it to cover, and perhaps there have been clarifying papers sent out to players with allowances for betting at legal establishments such as Vegas or such. Honestly, I have no idea what the ACTUAL NFL policy is. If I was going strictly by the verbiage above, I'd say that placing any bet would be against NFL rules, but when looking at it realistically, I do not believe that is the case.

“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”

CrimsonWazzu wrote:Maybe he's just being comical about his views on the Superbowl. Hates the Whiners and thinks the Ravens will win easily.

Winning money at the craps table...

I'm gonna go with that and believe it until we hear otherwise.

I'd be willing to bet money (and tweet about it) that he was just being a smart ass. But we should totally freak out about it.

I can see how you could think this is freaking out, but is it a bad thing to be concerned about the actions of a premier player? The tweet can be construed either way depending on your view, but I don't want to see him lost because of a possible simple mistake. And to the person who said he went to Stanford and wouldn't be this dumb, evidently you haven't met or dealt with many smart people, they can be dumb as hell too.

CrimsonWazzu wrote:Maybe he's just being comical about his views on the Superbowl. Hates the Whiners and thinks the Ravens will win easily.

Winning money at the craps table...

I'm gonna go with that and believe it until we hear otherwise.

I'd be willing to bet money (and tweet about it) that he was just being a smart ass. But we should totally freak out about it.

I can see how you could think this is freaking out, but is it a bad thing to be concerned about the actions of a premier player? The tweet can be construed either way depending on your view, but I don't want to see him lost because of a possible simple mistake. And to the person who said he went to Stanford and wouldn't be this dumb, evidently you haven't met or dealt with many smart people, they can be dumb as hell too.

When it's a blurb on twitter By Sherman and not a member of the media, no, it's not worth being concerned about.

I disagree when it is something that, potentially, could mean a suspension for him depending on how bad the NFL would want to pursue it. Either way, it is probably a non-issue, but still something that he should be more cognizant of in the future.

HawkWow wrote:Stanford coach Bill Walsh once lobbied for an investigation into the U-Dub football program. Whether he knows it or not, Sherm is now lobbying for an investigation into Stanford's football program.

How..?

By showing he's none too bright. But you could have figured that out...right?

Hey everybody, long time lurker that finally decided to register here. My dad was a Seahawks fan also and love going to games when it was still Qwest.

Unfortunately for Sherman, I am sure that NFLN and every other NFL applicable twitter account follows him just like most if not all the other players and coaches. So just because we haven't seen the report of this broken on TV yet doesn't mean that it won't soon, especially after all the hub blub that the reinstatement of Sean Payton attracted.